Fear is a powerful emotion that can suck the joy and the beauty out of this life. There are many things that can cause us to live in fear.
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Restrictions and limitations are a fact of life. I am limited because I am a human and therefore, I live with certain areas of weakness that restrict me from enjoying certain freedoms.
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Paul’s letter to the Philippian church has been described as his most personal letter to any of the churches he planted and pastored. The pages of this book are literally saturated with his deep love, affection and longing for the church family.
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The book of Philippians was written by the apostle Paul. Paul planted the church in Philippi roughly ten to twelve years before he wrote this letter from a prison cell in Rome (Phil. 1:12 – 13).
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The gospel of John has historically been a book that many Christians turn to for strength, encouragement and assurance during difficult seasons.
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It’s Resurrection Sunday! Easter morning! The tomb is empty! The stone has been rolled away! Death has been conquered! Satan has been defeated! The presence, power and penalty of Sin have been eradicated!
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In the opening verses of John 18 the drama of the arrest, trial and murder of Jesus begins to unfold. Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane when Judas the betrayer leads a small army into the garden to arrest Jesus.
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In these two stories we see that Jesus is powerful over the forces of nature and he is the light of the world who gives sight to those who have been living in spiritual darkness.
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In our two passages today, Jesus heals a lame man and then he feeds a hungry crowd. Both of these stories are filled with the awe and the wonder of the power of Jesus over our pain, our suffering, our fears, our deepest longings and our unsatisfied hungers.
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